by Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY Sports

by Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY Sports

Alex Rodriguez's longtime assistant and noted drug mule is apparently in need of some cash.

Yuri Sucart, best known as the cousin who A-Rod says convinced him to take steroids, is selling his 2009 New York Yankees World Series championship ring.

Sucart was banned by Major League Baseball from clubhouses and private areas of stadiums after Rodriguez 's 2009 admission that he took performance-enhancing drugs from 2001-2003. As part of Rodriguez's admission, he said a cousin supplied and administered "boli" to him in those years.

That cousin was later identified by reporters as Sucart, and his name emerged again recently in the logs of Biogenesis, the South Florida clinic that reportedly distributed substances - banned and otherwise - to at least 25 major league players, Rodriguez included.

Biogenesis logs obtained by the Miami New Times show Rodriguez's and Sucart's names in ledgers from 2009 - the year A-Rod exorcised his postseason demons and led the Yankees to the World Series title.

He clearly felt some debt of gratitude to Sucart, paying for a replica ring for his cousin.

Now, reports the New York Daily News, the Rodriguez/Sucart ring could fetch as much as $40,000 via New Jersey-based Goldin Auctions, which says the bling "boasts a STAGGERING 95 diamonds."

The same description also says Rodriguez is "expected to end his career with over 700 home runs."